Version 3 Software Announced for Pulsar II
September 4, 2001
Version 3.0 of CreamWare's Pulsar DSP Music Production System is
scheduled for release in mid-September, 2001. The new software boasts over
one hundred improvements, from slight enhancements to completely new
integral parts of the system.
Highlights of the new Pulsar II v3 include:
- New DSP effects, including the sophisticated MasterVerb reverb.
- Additional synthesizers based on Virtual Analog and Vector synthesis.
- The STS-2000P Sample Player (64 stereo voices, compatible with all major libraries).
- Hundreds of new instrument and effects presets.
- Numerous user interface enhancements to make Pulsar even more intuitive and easy to work with.
- Switchable screen sets, keyboard shortcuts.
- 64-channel ASIO driver, AC3 digital output via S/PDIF.
- Optional XTC mode, allowing the user to use the Pulsar instruments and effects like VST Instruments and VST plug-ins, directly from within a VST-compatible host application (Windows OS only).
New Pulsar II customers also receive the ProPack, which includes the
following:
- A professional 24/48-channel mixing console adapted from the mixer previously available only in the high-end SCOPE /SP system.
- An additional effects suite containing a new Vocoder, De-esser, Stereo Expander, Pattern Delay, Syncable Filter, Overdrive with tube characteristic, syncable filter and much more.
- Lightwave, a new Wavetable synthesizer with flexible filter configurations and manifold modulation features.
- The highly acclaimed STS-3000 DSP Sampler.
- The Modular Synthesizer V2 with over 140 modules and 80 pre-patched synthesizers.
Although the Pulsar software has changed, the hardware is the same. The
Pulsar II PCI card hosts six 32-bit SHARC DSPs, from 20 to 28 channels of
audio I/O (in various combinations of analog, S/PDIF, AES/EBU, ADAT and
Z-Link, depending on which of the four currently available options the
customer selects) and an extensive set of ultra-low-latency audio drivers
to communicate with all major audio programs for Windows or MacOS.
Existing Pulsar users can choose between two v3 update options: Standard or
Pro. The standard update is free of charge, as usual. The Pro Update, which
contains the ProPack, is available for US$139 (149 Euro). Both updates can
be obtained at the CreamWare website, or from official CreamWare dealers
worldwide.
Pulsar II v3 has a proposed retail price of US $1,444.
For more information, visit their web site at www.creamware.com. |
